MPAA Caught Uploading Fake Torrents

The article and the actions of the MPAA are news and therefore a valid discussion topic, but I've snipped the part regarding circumvention, as the only content being offered in this sting are things that are copyrighted. Those wishing to bypass copyrights and share copyrighted works can find information about doing that somewhere other than Wilders Security.

If they only have someone downloading a FAKE file, then how is it illegal? I am not getting a real movie, not sharing a real movie....

I do not download movies, just very curious to the way the law would work...

If I download a fake movie then I did nothing wrong?

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As in most cases the law works in favor of the person with the most money. We're always surprised, and it usually makes the headlines, when the little bloke wins because it is so unusual. There are a few people who have been game, or silly, enough to have said to the R.I.A.A. 'see you in court', often having the court throw the case out with the judge criticizing the R.I.A.A. for it's tactics and surprisingly their lack of evidence.
I'm not condoning such things.......... BUT....Mrkvonic seems to have the right spirit.